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Hundreds of thousands of Brazilians took to the streets in cities across the country on Sunday to protest a government beleaguered by scandal, with some calling for President Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment. Sunday marked 30 years since the end of the country’s 21-year-long military dictatorship. Sao Paulo, Brazil’s largest city, saw the biggest protests, although crowd estimates varied widely. The polling institute Datafolha put the number at 210,000, but military police said 1 million people had taken to the streets. Demonstrations took place in 22 other states, as well as the nation’s capital, Brasilia, where 45,000 demanded an end to government corruption. The...

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Hundreds of thousands of Brazilians took to the streets in cities across the country on Sunday to protest a government beleaguered by scandal, with some calling for President Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment.Sunday marked 30 years since the end of the...

Barbara Giles does not judge people by the color of their skin, but by the skill of their parking.
"Look here at this one," she says, letting her hands fly up momentarily from the steering wheel of Dallas County school bus 09-SE1. "Just...

St. Louis prosecutors on Saturday charged well-known Ferguson, Mo., activist Joshua Williams, 19, with setting fire to a convenience store during protests sparked by the police shooting of teenager earlier this week.
St. Louis County police said in a...

Protesters marching against police brutality Wednesday afternoon snarled traffic throughout downtown L.A.
The demonstration organized by the Stop Mass Incarceration Network began about 2 p.m. at Olympic Boulevard and Broadway, according to a Facebook...

After a flare-up of violence between Hong Kong police and pro-democracy demonstrators Saturday, government officials and protest leaders alike warned that the situation was heading toward a breaking point.
Demonstrators remained encamped around...

YANGON, Myanmar -- Win Tin, one of Myanmar’s most respected opposition leaders who was jailed for nearly two decades by his country's military rulers, died early Monday at age 84.
His death, attributed to organ failure, came as Myanmar marked the end...

YANGON, Myanmar — Win Tin, one of Myanmar's most respected opposition leaders who was jailed for nearly two decades by his country's military rulers, died early Monday. He was 84.
His death, attributed to organ failure, came as Myanmar marked the end...

The New York Police Department has learned the hard way that Twitter is a two-edged sword with a point that has deeply embedded itself into the department's self-image.
The department this week decided to stick a virtual toe into the 21st century by...

In the northern Syrian city of Raqqa, the main commercial street was busy. Shops were open, with customers strolling the aisles, and cars filled the streets. Only a few dozen stores were closed.
It wasn’t what activists had hoped for when they called for...

You probably have to spend some time in front of an abortion clinic to really get a sense of the tension and passion at play between anti-abortion protesters who masquerade as “sidewalk counselors” and the women with unwanted pregnancies who turn to...

Police clashed with a small number of protesters in Sao Paulo on Thursday morning, injuring demonstrators and journalists with tear gas and rubber bullets, as much as the rest of Brazil's largest city remained quiet just hours before the start of the FIFA...

Meaye Ndoye, a 34-year-old student from Brooklyn, volunteers frequently in his community, but he’s never participated in the type of public march that seems to occur on a weekly basis here, calling for an end to America’s military presence in Iraq or...

By around 6 on Friday evening, it became clear that neither the Obama nor the Xi motorcades would be passing by the hundreds of demonstrators near the Sunnylands estate who had waited for hours in 110-degree heat.
President Obama and China’s Xi Jinping...

ISTANBUL, Turkey – The political standoff between antigovernment protesters and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan eased Friday, but the last two weeks of unrest revealed national fissures and a belief by many that their leader will get his way...

SAN DIEGO -- In a "Dear Bob" letter, U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) on Friday called on San Diego Mayor Bob Filner to resign amid accusations that he sexually harassed women.
While numerous politicians have called on Filner to step down,...

The state of California and the Bank of America have a lot in common, says BofA Chief Executive Brian Moynihan.
Both were all but written off by critics as the economy tanked. Both endured painful budget cuts and remain hampered by unemployment and...

At least 100 protesters marched through downtown Los Angeles on Saturday to voice their opposition to the Obama administration's consideration of targeted airstrikes in Syria.
"Hands off Syria!" shouted the protesters as they moved from...

Hey kids, what are you going to wear to school today?
A miniskirt? How short? "Sagging" pants: Is that kosher? What about a do-rag? Fishnet tights? Or hoodies, tattoos, sweat pants, frayed jeans, an Afro puff or, if you're a boy, long locks?...